Rose Bowl Delivers Fifth-Best Cable Audience Ever as ESPN Posts New Year’s 6 Records

By Christine Zosche 

The 2018 Rose Bowl was an instant classic, and the ratings are coming up roses for ESPN. The Worldwide Leader said Tuesday that Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal in Pasadena, Calif. was the fifth-most-watched cable program of all time, huddling with 26.8 million viewers in the ESPN/ESPN 2 simulcast, according to Nielsen. (Deadline)

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